Overview🔗
- Solver: buoyantSimpleFoam
- Investigation into natural convection in a heat cavity
- Experimental case described by Betts and Bokhari [6]
- $FOAM_TUTORIALS/heatTransfer/buoyantSimpleFoam/buoyantCavity
The case is described in the following figure
A temperature difference of 19.6K is maintained between the hot and cold; the remaining patches are treated as adiabatic.
Mesh🔗
- 3D structured mesh created using blockMesh
Results🔗
Results are presented for a selection of y/H locations
Velocity distributions🔗
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Temperature distributions🔗
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